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De camino a casa después de un día inusualmente malo en el trabajo, Nico recibe una llamada que cambiará todos sus planes de vida. Le quedan diez días de vida. Pero Nico no sería Nico si no aprovecha al máximo el tiempo. Inmediatamente comienza a planear su muerte. Tiene que asegurarse de que su esposa e hija tendrán todo lo que necesiten en su ausencia. En su mente, un plan comienza a tomar forma, un plan que involucra a los bajos fondos de Estocolmo. Quedan 10 días...

Retired diplomat Sam Hough boards a transatlantic flight to Paris after making a seemingly innocent promise to find the five-year-old son of a dying friend, a son the friend has never known.

With only the thinnest of clues, Sam quickly realizes that those who agree to help him soon disappear, those who don't disappear refuse to help him, and still others want to kill him rather than help find the boy. Clearly there are things his friend neglected to tell him. But what did he leave out—and why?

Barcelona, 1909. Durante un fastuoso baile de máscaras en el Liceo, Victoria, condesa de Cardona, aparece asesinada. Tiene una herida mortal en la cabeza y en la mano un valiosísimo rubí desaparecido tiempo atrás. No será la única muerte en el Gran Teatro. El inspector Ignasi Requesens se pone al frente de la investigación, pero nadie parece haber visto nada. Nobles, coristas, empresarios, vividores, tramoyistas, madames, bastardos, médiums y arribistas...

Después de sorprendernos con los cuatro títulos de la Saga Casasola y con los cuentos que conforman la Trilogía del Terror, Bernardo Esquinca nos entrega una novela que expande los límites y paisajes de su escritura. En un ejercicio audaz que es a la vez homenaje y acercamiento, Edgar Allan Poe, el padre del relato policiaco y del cuento de terror norteamericanos, se muestra en estas páginas como un ser humano, todavía lejos de la grandeza que lo consagraría y del abismo que lo consumiría.

After Viv's Desert Doula agency goes bottom up, she’s eager to put the work into rebuilding. Unfortunately, Rex Redondo keeps getting in the way. Ever since the pair solved a mystery together, Viv is convinced his only interest in her is as a partner in the private investigator business he’s determined to launch. Little does she know, his feelings for her run far deeper than friendship.

Viele träumten schon den großen Traum vom Fliegen. So auch die Brüder Quimby aus Texas, die in Paris das Luftschiff Ikarus bauen lassen. Von Frankreich aus begibt es sich auf seine Jungfernfahrt nach New York. Mit an Bord befinden sich auch der Abenteurer Phileas Fogg, seine Frau Aouda und ihr gemeinsamer Diener Passepartout. Zunächst sieht alles nach einer reibungslosen Fahrt aus, doch schon bald werfen entsetzliche Ereignisse ihre Schatten voraus. An Bord ist offensichtlich nicht jeder, der er vorgibt zu sein.

When a series of events bring Chad Hunter and hot Agency super spy Sirena back together again, the action gets ramped up immediately. Chad has been hired by the Defense Department to develop a new weapon system based on the Hypershot rail gun system, with a scheduled test looming from a remote site on a volcano in Ecuador. While attending a United Nations World Conference on International Telecommunications in Brazil, Chad runs into Sirena.

Sunning himself in the south of France, Johnny has started to believe that his life is finally on the up. But the arrival of a face from his past drags him back down to earth with a harsh dose of cold reality. Johnny Klein once again finds himself walking the tightrope between redemption and despair. When his daughter is in danger of getting consumed by the sins of Johnny’s own past, and a dark secret threatens to engulf people he holds dear, light at the end of the tunnel feels further away than ever.

Frank Becker is a highly sought after, expert assassin. When Becker takes a mysterious job, he has no idea that it will force him to delve deeply into his own past. Undeterred by obstacles he is determined to complete his assignment. But he may realize too late that his success will permanently alter his future.

Damián huye de dos asesinos que lo persiguen en una solitaria carretera en el desierto. Logra eludirlos pero su automóvil se está quedando sin gasolina. A la distancia descubre un hotel que por fuera parece abandonado. Llama a la puerta y lo recibe Mercedes, una hermosa rubia quien lo invita a pasar. Por dentro el hotel es espectacular: cada detalle está cuidado a la perfección, pero hay algo sombrío que se esconde entre sus paredes y pasillos. Damián cree escuchar voces que mencionan su nombre, aunque las atribuye al estrés y su cansancio.

The trials for the US swimming team to the games in Paris are in full swing when a young swimmer is found dead in the pool. It looks like suicide, but as detectives investigate, Miami Jones is drawn into the defense of the team's star athlete. Miami learns of a bizarre death of another swimmer eight years ago that might be linked, and might put his almost client in the crosshairs.

Murder, suspense, and intrigue propel this third Jake Adams mystery thriller from the Dolomite mountains of northern Italy, to the winding back streets of Innsbruck, Austria, and across the Atlantic to Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay area. Two scientists have discovered the DNA link to heart disease in a remote Italian mountain village, and a way to synthesize it and begin selling it to the general public. They're up for the Nobel Prize and set to make millions after teaming up with an Austrian biotechnology company.

As a private eye in New York City, it’s Jessica Jones’s job to investigate humanity’s worst, unleashed impulses. Possessing superhuman strength and endurance does nothing to help her process other people’s tragedies, much less her own slate of unresolved traumatic issues. Realizing drinking and hitting things is no way to cope with her problems—no matter how much fun it is—Jessica gives therapy a try. But she finds it hard to look after herself when so many people need help.

Roma è nel pieno delle feste natalizie e al Parco dei Daini, nel territorio di competenza del commissariato di Villa Borghese, si è installato il colorato tendone di un circo. Invitato alla prima, il commissario Buonvino ha modo di conoscere i componenti della carovana e avverte tra loro strane tensioni sotterranee. La sera lo spettacolo inizia regolarmente e gli spettatori si lasciano catturare dalla inossidabile magia circense.

¿Qué pasaría si solo conocieras sus ojos y sucumbieses a su mirada? ¿Y si esa mirada te empezase a seguir anticipándose a tus deseos, la encontrases en todas partes y la atracción inicial se convirtiera en la sensación de estar permanentemente bajo observación? ¿Quién se está adelantando a tus pensamientos, a tus movimientos? ¿Por qué lo hace? ¿Para qué? Junto a la irresistible fascinación que empiezas a sentir por quien está detrás de esos ojos y el desconcierto y la necesidad de resolver el misterio, empieza a crecer un miedo a lo desconocido que nunca antes habías sentido.

Als ein Mitglied seiner Gemeinde ermordet wird, ist Rabbi Klein bestürzt. Bald darauf bittet Kommissarin Bänziger von der Stadtpolizei Zürich ihn um die Übersetzung einiger hebräischer E-Mails des Toten, ohne zu ahnen, dass es mit dem eigenwilligen Rabbi Klein nicht ganz einfach wird. Denn der macht sich Sorgen um seine Gemeinde, und als Klein die Rede zur Trauerfeier vorbereitet und über den Brudermord Kains nachdenkt, wird ihm klar, dass er wichtigen Hinweisen zum Verbrechen auf der Spur ist. Heimlich beginnt der sympathisch unperfekte Rabbi zu ermitteln.

Humble layman Will Bowman lives in the countryside with his pregnant wife, when soldiers from Richard Lionheart's army tear through his home. Will is beaten unconscious, and awakes to find his wife murdered, his farm burnt down, and his life forever changed. In vengeance, Will infiltrates Richard's army to find the marauding gang, and finds himself swept along in the march of the Crusades. With the help of new allies and fuelled by his loss, Will crosses Europe with the King's army.

Leila's first excavation in Egypt is off to the perfect start. Until the man who killed her father joins the team. Among whispers of a papyrus that mysteriously vanished, Leila must find clues to the whereabouts of an ancient tomb with the help of the man she can never trust. Secrets start to surface, revealing a deadly plot against them that goes back eight years to her father’s death.

Molly Gray non è come tutti gli altri. Fatica a intrattenere rapporti sociali e interpreta a modo suo le intenzioni di chi le è vicino. La nonna, che l’aveva cresciuta, rielaborava il mondo per lei, codificandolo in semplici regole secondo le quali Molly poteva vivere, ma da quando la nonna è morta, la venticinquenne Molly ha dovuto affrontare da sola le complessità della vita. Lanciandosi con ancor più passione nel suo lavoro di cameriera d’albergo. Il carattere riservato, il suo amore ossessivo per la pulizia e l’ordine, la rendono una cameriera eccezionale.

Peluquerías, postizos, tinturas, cortes y extensiones, quirófanos, clínicas, lipos, liftings, flotadores, operaciones estéticas, residuos patógenos. Los ámbitos en que transcurre y el vocabulario que ilumina esta siniestra historia protagonizada por Ruth Epelbaum –la detective creada por Krimer en Sangre kosher– nos anticipan que en esta novela, como siempre, las mujeres se hacen cargo, padecen, disfrutan, ponen el cuerpo. Y lo pone sobre todo la entrañable Ruth.